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THE OOLOGIST. 



I want good sets Swallow Tail Kite, Yellow 

 Nose and Sooty Albatross. Ivory bill Wood- 

 pecker, and otbers. Do you want extra fine 

 set of 3 Bald Eagle taken past season by me 

 witb photo of nest and self up tree. J. J. RY- 

 MAN. Palm Beach. Fla. 



WANTED.— Back numbers of the Oologist 

 until further notice we will allow the prices 

 quoted below for the numbers noted. No 

 others wanted. You may select in payment 

 any specimens catalogued by either of us. 

 This offer does not apply to Instruments, 

 Supplies or Books except by special arrange- 

 ment. For 50c, worth will allow you a years 

 subscription to Oologist. For 25c worth we 

 will send you a coupon good for an exchange. 

 Notice. Copies must be clean and whole. 



For June 1888 we will allow $.75. 



For May 1884; Jan. and June 1885, July- 

 Aug. 188fi; Jan.-Feb. and June-Sept. 1887; May 

 1888; April 1889; we will allow 50c per copy. 



For March 1885, Jan-Feb. and Mar-Apr. 

 1886; Aug.-Sept. 1888; we will allow 25c per 

 copy. 



No others wanted. These can be sent by 

 mail for lc for each 4 oz. postpaid. Addresss 

 ERNEST H. SHORT, Chili, N. Y. Mgr. 

 Oologist. 



NOTICE.— All lovers and collectors of 

 Birds and Eggs, will please send name and 

 address, to Dr. S. D. Luther & Son, Fayette- 

 ville. Ark. for insertion in our Ornithologist 

 and Oologists Directory. We want every 

 subscriber of this magazine to comply with 

 this request, as we desire this Directory to 

 be complete and to serve as a medium of ex- 

 change between all of the Bird Lovers in the 

 U. S., East, West, North and South. If you 

 desire to advance this fascinating Nature 

 Study to the position that it deserves, then 

 write us Today. Subscriptions will be re- 

 ceived at once, but no cash remittance will 

 be accepted until all names are in, at which 

 time all will be given due notice. Your in- 

 sertion is free gratis. Special ads. at reason- 

 able rates. 



FOR SALE.- Stevens' Expert rifle. 22 cali- 

 ber with globe and peep sights, cost $17.00. 

 Will sell for $6.50. Or exchange for $24.00 

 worth of A.l sets Lattin cat. value. Red- 

 shouldered Hawk, 1-2, 2-3, 19c. per egg pre- 

 paid. JAS. O. JOHNSON, Southington, 

 Conn. 



NOTICE.— A money saver for the busy 

 Oologist. My superfine Datas. Size 3 3-8 x 

 5 1-2 Printed on Persian Bond paper. Large 

 clear type. Pad of 100 in exchange for $1.00 

 worth of eggs in sets with data. Satisfaction 

 guaranteed. Sent on approval to anyone. 

 Address CLARENCE H. LUTHER, D. D. S. 

 Box 162. Fayetteville. Ark. 



WANTED-Bendire's Life Histories of 

 North American Birds. -Vol. 2. Please write 

 stating lowest cash price. CHAS. A. PROC- 

 TOR, Columbia, Mo. 



CHEAP FOR CASH. -Choice Cabinet Sets. 

 full accurate standard data, Chuckwill's- 

 widow, 5-2 $1.00, Swainson's Warbler, 5-3 $1.00, 

 Hooded Warbler, 3-3 20c. American Oyster- 

 catcher, 5-3 40c. Willet. 10-3. 15c. Wilson's 

 Plover, 5-3 15c, Royal Tern. 10-3 15c. Summer 

 Tanager. 5-4. 16c, Brown Pelican. 10-4 10c, 

 Red-eyed Vireo. 5-4 10c. Boat-tailed Grackle. 

 5-4. 2-5. 05c. Clapper Rail, 5-8. 5-12. 05c. Black 

 Skimmer, 10-4, 05c, Painted Bunting. 10-4. 05c 

 Indigo Bunting 5-4, 05c Postage extra. Sat- 

 isfaction guaranteed. DOCTOR M. T. 

 CLECKLEY". 457 Greene St.. Augusta. Ga. 

 J. 3t. 



WANTED. — "Horn measurements and 

 weight of the Great Game" by Rowland Ward. 

 The two volumes on Large Game Shooting 

 of the Badminton Library, also Horns, 

 Antlers, Scalps and Raw heads for mounting. 

 Address with price stating condition, etc. 

 WM. J. HACKMEIER, 108 Golden Gate 

 Avenue, San Francisco, Cal. 



WANTED.— Sets of eggs of following birds: 

 Loon, any Murrelet or Guillemot, Skua, Am- 

 erican Herring or Ring-billed (mils, any 

 Tern, American White Pelican, Hooded 

 Merganser, Gt. Blue, Little Blue and Snowy 

 Herons, any Crane. Gallinule, Sandpiper, or 

 Plover, Woodcock, California Partridge. 

 Prairie Hen, any Vulture or Eagle, Sparrow 

 Hawk. Sharp-shinned Hawk. Caracara, 

 Screech Owl. Downy and Hairy Woodpeck- 

 ers, any Hummingbird, Crested and Ash- 

 throated Flycatcher, any Jay or Raven, 

 Y'ellow-headed Blackbird, any Oriole, Pur- 

 ple Finch, Savanna and Grasshopper Spar- 

 rows, Towhee, any Warbler except Redstart, 

 Carolina Wren, any Nuthatch, Titmouse or 

 Chickadee, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, want 

 nests with sets of Hummers, Warblers. 

 Gnatcatchers and Orioles if possible. I can 

 offer in exchange. Capen's "Oology" good 

 as new. published at $15.00. Proceedings of 

 the Nebraska Ornithologists Union, Vols. 

 II and III, beautifully illustrated, published 

 at $2.00 and new. Steam's "Natural History 

 of Labrador," Spectroscope, Hall Type- 

 writer, best 12 in. Caliper square marked to 

 m. m. and l-100ths of an inch, value $6.00 and 

 never used. Showy South American and 

 Indian Butterflies, Shells and Minerals. 

 Address, ERNEST H. SHORT, Rochester, 

 N. Y\ 



July Bargains. 



Ridgeway's manual, flexible leather, $4.50; 

 Wilson's and Bonaparte American Ornithol- 

 ogy, three volumes in one for only $6.00; Bird 

 Preserving and Bird Mounting 25c; Horna- 

 day's Taxidermy, $1.90; Miller, Little Broth- 

 ers of the Air, 95c; Blanchards, Birds that 

 Hunt, $2.25.; Catlin, "N. A. Indians," 2 vols, 

 new. $7.50; Wood's Natural History, 90c; 

 Burrough's, Fresh Fields, 95c; Tryon's 

 Conchology, 1000 pp, text only $4.00; Dana, 

 Manual of Geology, $4.00; Howard, The Insect 

 Book, fine colored plates, $2.80; Miller, Geol- 

 ogy and Paleontology, $6.00; Emerton, Com- 

 mon Spiders, 95c; French, Butterflies of 

 N. A., $1.25; Gray's Manual of Botany. $1.00; 

 Manual of the Flora of the Northern States 

 and Canada, fine, $1.75; Britton and Brown's 

 Botany, 3 volumes, $7.15; one thousand other 

 fine volumes on Natural History. Send for 

 list covering whatever subject you are inter- 

 ested in. 



Fine Minerals. We have just received a 

 nice collection of 250 kinds. List now ready. 

 If you want good minerals cheap, write me 

 for same. Also a nice collection of meteor- 

 ites, fifty finds. One of the best assortments 

 in the country to select from. Fine bargains 

 in corals, shells, curios, eggs, e r tc Lists on 

 application. Liberal Discount to Liberal 

 Buyers during July only or up to August 

 10th, when we pack up to move to our ele- 

 gant new building. 



WALTER F. WEBB. 

 416 Grand Ave., Rochester, N. Y. 



